Shot in the Heart
CHAPTER 1 - "Dusty Winds"
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Author: Crimson Angel
Email: ElectricGoddess@hotmail.com
Genre: Adventure/Romance
Book Series: Lord of the Rings
Notes: Yeah, I know it doesn't make sense in some parts, but I promise you I will indeed fix it later! Layla is an original character of mine, and she is NOT a Mary Sue! I if I get any rants or flames, I will post your name on my site and will not come off!
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The land darknened and the rain began to pelt down like iron onto the ground as it hit everyone while they tried their best to stay on the path. Gandalf's beard flew this way and that as it blew in the stirring wind. Frodo pulled his arms tightly against himself under his robes in hopes to decrease the numbing in his arms. The cold wind felt like daggers in Merry and Pipin's legs, and they began to stray off the trail.
"Come along now. Don't go off the trail!" Aragorn shouted at Merry and Pippin in a ordering tone. "We don't want to be responsible for losing you!"
"No need to shout!" Boromir hissed.
"Coming, coming!" they both shouted as best they could through the blasting wind.
Merry and Pippin tagged behind Sam. Aragorn seemed to have a large chip on his shoulder as he had gotten impatient while trying to keep everyone together. Aragorn pressed onward through the rain as the others tried to catch up. Gimli seemed to get impatient.
"Aragorn, how far till we get to Rivendell again?" Gimli questioned.
"It's hard to tell." he replied.
The coldness in the wind seemed to disappear, but it still blew over the land, carrying leaves in its path, bending trees, and sweeping cloaks around with it. Aragorn continued to march ahead while Legolas stopped, causing the train to stop.
"Legolas, what is it?" Frodo, the small hobbit asked curiously.
"Hmm... I hear horses in the distance..." Legolas watched the horizon, his blonde hair blew in the wind.
There was a loud screeching sound in the distance followed by the sound of horse hoofs. In the distance they spotted a black horse and its rider was cloaked in black.
"THE RIDERS!" Gimli shouted.
"No Gimli..." Aragorn's voice trailed off. "If it was it would be with the rest of it's kind."
A black cloud of horses emerged from the woods and closed in on the cloaked figure. It was the nine ring wraiths. The hooded figure on the horse rode faster towards them, but the wraiths enclosed on it.
"Come back to Mordor..." they hissed.
The rider's horse was frightened and bucked its rider off. The creature landed face down in the grass.
"Get her..." one of them hissed as it pointed in her direction.
A ring wraith charged at the cloaked figure but it dodged, and suceeded in knocking the wrait off of its horse.
"Over there!" a wraith hissed at Frodo.
"Halflings! Run!" the figure's voice was a mystic eerie voice.
"I know that voice from somewhere." the familiar voice seemed to strike Legolas.
"Keep your guard up Legolas!" Aragorn shouted through the pelting rain. "Behind you!"
Legolas took out his bow and arrows and aimed carefully at the rider about to attack the cloaked being. He shot the arrow and nailed a rider in the chest. As he was about to be sliced in two, he ducked as the black horse and its rider leaped over, missing him by an inch. The riders galloped after the hobbits and succeeded in getting Merry and Pippin. Aragorn and Boromir were busy fending off the wraiths, when a silver arrow shot through the air. Legolas' attention averted to the shining silver arrow.
"Legolas, watch out!" Aragorn pushed a rider out of his path.
A black rider seized the cloaked figure by the neck, and it kicked itself free, but the rider threw it onto the ground. A scream emitted from it. The scream sounded very eerie and elvish. Aragorn and Boromir lunged at the rider with his sword. Gimli fended off the others.
"Fro......do...Bagg......ins...." the eight wraiths hissed as they turned to him.
A rider rode at the elf, and sent it flying into Frodo. The elf's hood flew off revealing its face. Legolas stood shocked as his eyes were fixed on...her?
"You shall not have him!" the woman yelled. "STAND DOWN!"
Suddenly time stopped before Legolas. A memory flooded into his head.
"LEGOLAS!" a voice screamed.
"Let her go!" Legolas shouted.
The riders hissed. One of the wraiths drove a sword through the elf's heart.
"NO! PLEASE NO!" Legolas screamed with teary eyes.
He was soon zapped back to reality. The elf woman was stabbed in the side by the rider cloaked in black.
"I summon the winds!" the mystic voice shouted.
Dusty winds blew the evil black riders away... and the elf woman disappeared...
After the occurance earlier in the day, they later sat down around a blazing fire and set their clothes out to dry by the fire. Aragorn's brown eyes remained fixed on the fire. Strangely, he saw the elf woman's face in the fire. He chewed on a peice of jerky as he remembered the familiar face...
"Where ever did he go?" Gandalf sat propped up by his wooden staff.
"I do not know. But wherever he went, I hope he found Merry and Pippin!" Sam shivered.
"Do not worry Sam, I am sure Legolas will find them!" Frodo patted Sam on the back. "He will find them...hopefully..."
"Should I have gone with dear Legolas?" Aragorn's voice rose from behind the fire. "I shouldn't have let him go off alone."
"He is fine by himself." Gimli said through a mouthful of Jerky. "Legolas is as sharp as an arrow and as light as a feather. Nothing could get through him."
They heard a howl come from the forest. Sam cowered closer to Frodo. Frodo comforted him with a pat on the back. 'It's alright Sam, it won't hurt you.' He kept repeating.
When the dawn began to break Legolas returned with more than he had left with. In his arms he carried the female elf as he exited the forest. He soon came up the hill and appeared into their sight. Merry and Pippin followed close behind him.
"What's that?" Frodo asked about what he was carrying.
"He found the elf lady!" Sam shouted.
Legolas said nothing as he laid her down in a patch of green grass. He swept her hair out of her porcelain colored face, her hair fell neatly over her shoulders. Legolas sat by her side tending to her wound. Legolas wandered away for a while and Aragorn began to look at her. Aragorn's eyes stayed fixed on her, like an arrow to its target. He kneeled down and touched her face.
CHAPTER 1 - "Dusty Winds"
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Author: Crimson Angel
Email: ElectricGoddess@hotmail.com
Genre: Adventure/Romance
Book Series: Lord of the Rings
Notes: Yeah, I know it doesn't make sense in some parts, but I promise you I will indeed fix it later! Layla is an original character of mine, and she is NOT a Mary Sue! I if I get any rants or flames, I will post your name on my site and will not come off!
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The land darknened and the rain began to pelt down like iron onto the ground as it hit everyone while they tried their best to stay on the path. Gandalf's beard flew this way and that as it blew in the stirring wind. Frodo pulled his arms tightly against himself under his robes in hopes to decrease the numbing in his arms. The cold wind felt like daggers in Merry and Pipin's legs, and they began to stray off the trail.
"Come along now. Don't go off the trail!" Aragorn shouted at Merry and Pippin in a ordering tone. "We don't want to be responsible for losing you!"
"No need to shout!" Boromir hissed.
"Coming, coming!" they both shouted as best they could through the blasting wind.
Merry and Pippin tagged behind Sam. Aragorn seemed to have a large chip on his shoulder as he had gotten impatient while trying to keep everyone together. Aragorn pressed onward through the rain as the others tried to catch up. Gimli seemed to get impatient.
"Aragorn, how far till we get to Rivendell again?" Gimli questioned.
"It's hard to tell." he replied.
The coldness in the wind seemed to disappear, but it still blew over the land, carrying leaves in its path, bending trees, and sweeping cloaks around with it. Aragorn continued to march ahead while Legolas stopped, causing the train to stop.
"Legolas, what is it?" Frodo, the small hobbit asked curiously.
"Hmm... I hear horses in the distance..." Legolas watched the horizon, his blonde hair blew in the wind.
There was a loud screeching sound in the distance followed by the sound of horse hoofs. In the distance they spotted a black horse and its rider was cloaked in black.
"THE RIDERS!" Gimli shouted.
"No Gimli..." Aragorn's voice trailed off. "If it was it would be with the rest of it's kind."
A black cloud of horses emerged from the woods and closed in on the cloaked figure. It was the nine ring wraiths. The hooded figure on the horse rode faster towards them, but the wraiths enclosed on it.
"Come back to Mordor..." they hissed.
The rider's horse was frightened and bucked its rider off. The creature landed face down in the grass.
"Get her..." one of them hissed as it pointed in her direction.
A ring wraith charged at the cloaked figure but it dodged, and suceeded in knocking the wrait off of its horse.
"Over there!" a wraith hissed at Frodo.
"Halflings! Run!" the figure's voice was a mystic eerie voice.
"I know that voice from somewhere." the familiar voice seemed to strike Legolas.
"Keep your guard up Legolas!" Aragorn shouted through the pelting rain. "Behind you!"
Legolas took out his bow and arrows and aimed carefully at the rider about to attack the cloaked being. He shot the arrow and nailed a rider in the chest. As he was about to be sliced in two, he ducked as the black horse and its rider leaped over, missing him by an inch. The riders galloped after the hobbits and succeeded in getting Merry and Pippin. Aragorn and Boromir were busy fending off the wraiths, when a silver arrow shot through the air. Legolas' attention averted to the shining silver arrow.
"Legolas, watch out!" Aragorn pushed a rider out of his path.
A black rider seized the cloaked figure by the neck, and it kicked itself free, but the rider threw it onto the ground. A scream emitted from it. The scream sounded very eerie and elvish. Aragorn and Boromir lunged at the rider with his sword. Gimli fended off the others.
"Fro......do...Bagg......ins...." the eight wraiths hissed as they turned to him.
A rider rode at the elf, and sent it flying into Frodo. The elf's hood flew off revealing its face. Legolas stood shocked as his eyes were fixed on...her?
"You shall not have him!" the woman yelled. "STAND DOWN!"
Suddenly time stopped before Legolas. A memory flooded into his head.
"LEGOLAS!" a voice screamed.
"Let her go!" Legolas shouted.
The riders hissed. One of the wraiths drove a sword through the elf's heart.
"NO! PLEASE NO!" Legolas screamed with teary eyes.
He was soon zapped back to reality. The elf woman was stabbed in the side by the rider cloaked in black.
"I summon the winds!" the mystic voice shouted.
Dusty winds blew the evil black riders away... and the elf woman disappeared...
After the occurance earlier in the day, they later sat down around a blazing fire and set their clothes out to dry by the fire. Aragorn's brown eyes remained fixed on the fire. Strangely, he saw the elf woman's face in the fire. He chewed on a peice of jerky as he remembered the familiar face...
"Where ever did he go?" Gandalf sat propped up by his wooden staff.
"I do not know. But wherever he went, I hope he found Merry and Pippin!" Sam shivered.
"Do not worry Sam, I am sure Legolas will find them!" Frodo patted Sam on the back. "He will find them...hopefully..."
"Should I have gone with dear Legolas?" Aragorn's voice rose from behind the fire. "I shouldn't have let him go off alone."
"He is fine by himself." Gimli said through a mouthful of Jerky. "Legolas is as sharp as an arrow and as light as a feather. Nothing could get through him."
They heard a howl come from the forest. Sam cowered closer to Frodo. Frodo comforted him with a pat on the back. 'It's alright Sam, it won't hurt you.' He kept repeating.
When the dawn began to break Legolas returned with more than he had left with. In his arms he carried the female elf as he exited the forest. He soon came up the hill and appeared into their sight. Merry and Pippin followed close behind him.
"What's that?" Frodo asked about what he was carrying.
"He found the elf lady!" Sam shouted.
Legolas said nothing as he laid her down in a patch of green grass. He swept her hair out of her porcelain colored face, her hair fell neatly over her shoulders. Legolas sat by her side tending to her wound. Legolas wandered away for a while and Aragorn began to look at her. Aragorn's eyes stayed fixed on her, like an arrow to its target. He kneeled down and touched her face.